New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-04
TRANSPORTA TON OF GRAIN.
REPORT OF A SENATE COMMITTEE.

REPOkI OF A SFNAl COMhiA AHA'
rAcTs AND FIGURES BEARING on. THE GREATEST
OF AMERICAN EXPORTS.
WASHINGTON Jan. 3.-senator Aldrfch chairman OF INC
Senate Committee Transportation Routes 10 inc oe"
board authorizes publication OF the report OF tna
committee upon the subject OF railroad freghts IN INC
United States and countries the study OF wpch or
the pprpose OF settling certain questions pertaining to
Interstate commerce has been long In progress by MS
committed The appointment Of special Senate COM
mttee upon Interstate Commerce somewhat houiheu
the work originally mapped out by this committee and
decided take testimony IA was authorized 10 oo
but to conduct special line Of inquiry to ascertain
possible tho relative progress OF the various granproauc
ING countries The complete report makes 500 pages or
printed matter and contains many valuable tables ana
much information on the subject OF transportation
gathered from nearly every country In the world Inc
first table presented indicates the progress OF the Uhteu
States for generation Thrtythree ago this conn
try produced ZOO 900 bushels OF wheat and about
GOO 900 Twice in recent years IL mas
reached 500 900 bushels OF wheat and In 1850 tue
corn crop reacned 800 900 bushels In the export
trade the committee wheat has always rankeu nso
I'm value in fifty eight has added
TO the value Of the National production snm equiV@
lent four times the value oil exporter coih IN" wan
meal during the period.
Efforts were made by the committee to group togeher
the average yearly prices OF gram al inc 'ai''"'
grain centres United states for series OF years"h
to show this difference in price per bushe AT various
points between these geographical sections which would
represeut in a mcasae tho freight and the tendency OF
the of freight charges II y shown Tor etsp9'
that difference IN the price Of corn between .nv n n
Of cents per bushel 1878 to 10 cents per bushe III
1883 between the Atlantic ports and the ~sSterh ,sr
nor from 10 cents in 1873 to IL cents III 1883 IN re
aon TO the inquiry regarding the long and short haul
the committee says:
the returns which the above summary is i
NAV upon the rates charged lot Local ~ h
evidently evei the so newhsl general nrnepe o aSe
take into the cost of Transporting Dsne o.
. %9ss ,e sry sui we To the anomaly lesser
rate lot a ns Imam b rU IN Ta.aGhse
the about the same on sixty miles as ~ Is on
mi lie ong haul PIG miles instead OF DclhS e"'o"
less IS relatively greater.
A glance at the committees summary also brings out
the fact that the gratiiying reduction as ot ~ A
place local during the years covered ny , I'm
Qury as in through rates IN some cses , h rte have
remained substantially the same &c.. .o,,,,sos
Turning the United states to foreign coun,1es
the committee the production and consumption ol
cereals 40 Europe and brings ont the TACT tnl uo m
crease in population has been relatively nnch GREATER
the great grain producing COMMITTEES than IL has oeeh III
the gran-buyiDs countries The uhlleu hisuoIn alh
10 have purchased about two thirds o. all the wheat no
United States exported during this period ana tneEloI
special attention has been given 10 Elgiahus SuPIs Va
sanmary OF he Wheat Imported United Kingdom
OF Great Britain and ireland from various coqliies 5
The dec.aes frln 1913 to 1857 Inclusive. showing ne
total npo tatOns OF wheat aud tr loioi'o , Nr,h
by the United States Russia Germany brltiSh NoItn
America Egypl France Denmark. and all other ooan-
tries CoRuenng on the table the committee BAY
,er c s%I o. The Wheat tmpoe into United Kingdom In
The last prod supplied nearly nitvoIr per ~ sps AMI
Sonn, 10 about 5O3 o00oio Ou,lels Excepting The rapi
In tins tabe India benz cassine M Ter an ONE, ON t
so f 0e No h 1%S'1SS OF sr@a EmrIe
rapid increase of population the chance from
themselves Tor the decrease there In %tm1h bs
population Overtakng the ioodproiuc'ng capacity o. '
country
The committee reproduces table from what Is known
as the Window hoort. which u summary statement t
the amount OF wheat Qucludns wacat aud Hour imported
into the United Kingdom from is6O TO - n'ssnr
elusive Commenting this table the 10 nint'ce says
An examination TIA, Russia sun reians
Change ia Eleven Yeats OF India the hlros9th
ostoa to The Gr G %S1I viii he out
W Viii, ,i' the Unii,si states Tor the position.
The prevailing price wheat the principal ports OF
the world Is given
AN UNFoUYDED STORY ABOUT LOGAN's DEATH.
WASHINGTON Jan 3 tsp,cial.-Ihe statement that
General Logans death the result of some mistake on
the part the doctors cks foundation The family are
not conscious OF their having said anything which could
have given rise TO the statement DR. baxter VINO NJ
tended General Logan. said this afternoon:
1.-The statement is absurd that General Logan "as
killed by the administration OF acontc or morpha OF
both. He did take any aconite OF any morphine III
any IN the course OF the progress OF MS uae'o
From the beginning his death prescribed acohe lot
him once, he did not touch It, He was aveIse :"
taking either aconite morphine. The whole story
Art Sc probably from the fact that about two weeks be
fore his DEATH while sitting around the rcSic chatting
with some OF friends. General Logan referred 10 MS
votTu ey perence- and the unsuccessful attempts on
the part of his father make hysician out of him. or
more probably sill IL arose from the wcKhowh aver
snn az General 10 an To opiat in form. One night
after an vigorating alcoholic bath he obtained some re-
frtsning sleep. NeXt morning ne remarked thIhh
they must la, given something last night slept ~
we'll He knew however, thnt neither on that occasion
nor any other had any opa'e been adnihia'creu l"
him" ,, , NJ y
Captain George f. Lemon today received from W n
Vanderbilt subscription Of ~ 900 for the Logan fund
from C. Vanderbilt 81 900 and from Edwin owe. S-oo
CAPTAIN Lemon to-day purchased SSv.oOo per cent
United states bonds account OF the Logan und